› added 8 years ago

177

TIL that Iraq shuts down the internet to prevent cheating during school exams

Read more theatlantic.com

via reddit.com

N796J TIL that a Soviet geneticist successfully domesticated foxes on a farm in Novosibirsk. "The fact that in fifty generations, they were wagging their tails and barking, this is really incredible."
g56b TIL that The Hobbit (1977) and The Last Unicorn (1982) were animated by Topcraft Studio, which eventually dissolved and became Studio Ghibli.
GNDE TIL that in 1918, pink was for boys because it is a stronger color, while the delicate blue was reserved for girls.
QAe6 TIL: Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel for insulting his wife. Jackson let the opponent shoot first, who hit Jackson in the chest. Then Jackson took his sweet time to aim. People called it too cold-blooded &, as a result, Jackson became a social outcast.
jNgyp TIL: Homo Erectus lived for much longer than even our current species. H. Erectus was around for about 2 million years before being wiped out, H. Sapiens have only been around for about 200,000 years.